Table of Contents
Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Contributor Biographies in Brief
Part I: Introduction
1 Toward a More Civil Twenty-first Century
Central Themes Raised in the Essays
The Imperative of Action
Part II: The Nature and Sources of the Problem
2 The Simple Power of Weakness, the Complex Vulnerability of Power
The Dangers of Demagogy
The Power of Weakness
From Domination to Leadership
3 Dialogue and the Echo Boom of Terror: Religious Women’s Voices after 9/11
4 Closing Chapters of Enmity
September 11 and its Aftermath
The West and Islam
A Final Word: Dialogue on Kashmir
5 Benjamin Franklin’s Gift of Tolerance
6 God’s Word and World Politics
The Persistence of Religious Faith of Some Sort
The Worth of Faiths
Conclusion
Part III: Pathways to Dialogue and Understanding
7 The Role of the Media in Promoting Tolerance
8 Civilization, Human Rights, and Collective Responsibility
What is Civilization?
Globalization, Poverty, and Collective Apathy
The Universality of Human Rights
Corporate Citizenship and Globalism from Below
Toward a Higher Civilization
9 Endless Enemies or Human Security
The New Global Enemy
Is Endless War the Best Answer?
10 Dialogue among Civilizations and Cultures
11 Transnational Moral Dialogues
12 In Other People’s Shoes
13 A Universal Language, without Boundary or Prejudice
14 Dialogue among Civilizations
15 The Productive Airing of Grievances
16 All of Man’s Troubles
17 Turning Enemies into Friends
Is Religion Primarily a Source of Conflict?
Conversation as Prayer
From Conflict and Violence to Reconciliation and Peace
18 Security through Dialogue
19 The Power of Dialogue: Redefining “Us”
The Ahmed–Pearl Dialogues
Expanding the Power of Dialogue
20 On Clash, Morality, Renaissance, and Dialogue
21 The Just War Tradition and Cultural Dialogue
22 Celebrating Differences on our Melting Pot Planet
Part IV: From Concern to Action
23 Clash or Dialogue of Cultures?
24 The Fellowship of Dialogue
From Dialogue to Action
Different Religions, Common Purpose
One Family: Humanity
25 Hard Power and Soft Power
26 Global Governance in an Interdependent World
Declaration of Interdependence
27 Getting to Peace: Awakening the Third Side
The Challenge
The Potential for Transforming Conflict
The Third Side
Peace is Possible, If . . .
28 Risking Hospitality
Index
Copyright this collection © Polity Press 2005
All chapters copyright Polity Press 2005, except chapter 2, © Zbigniew Brzezinski, this essay was first published in Zbigniew Brzezinski’s book The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership (New York: Basic Books 2004); chapter 6, © Archbishop Desmond Tutu, this essay is based on a lecture delivered by Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the United Nations on 17 March 2004; chapter 7, © Shashi Tharoor, an earlier version of this article appeared in Human Security for All: A Tribute to Sergio Vieira de Mello ed. Kevin M. Cahill M.D. (New York: Fordham University Press and the Center for International Health and Co-operation, 2004); chapter 8, © Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights, this essay is based on a speech made by Sergio Vieira de Mello in London in December 2002; chapter 14, © Kofi Annan, the article by the Secretary-General is based on speeches from 2001; chapter 26 © Benjamin R. Barber.
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To our grandchildren:
Graham, Ibrahim, Mina, and Samuel,
with love
The editors wish to thank several people who contributed to this book. First, our students, who are the primary reason for our coming together in the first place to engage on such matters. In particular, the enthusiasm and commitment of David Dore, Lenora Fisher, Vassia Gueorguieva, Adam Lankford, and Matthew Powell to the project confirmed our confidence in the judgment and spirit of today’s student, especially in working to put the prin- ciples of dialogue on the ground in the Washington, DC, area. Our colleagues at American University and our deans, Louis Goodman, Dean of the School of International Service, and William M. LeoGrande, Dean of the School of Public Affairs, were sup- portive and generous in offering helpful suggestions along the way, as were Dean of Academic Affairs Ivy Broder and Provost Neil Kerwin for their support for the development of a confer- ence to promote the ideas presented in these essays. President Benjamin Ladner’s global vision for American University created an especially receptive atmosphere for this project.
We wish also to thank our publisher, Polity Press, and especially Louise Knight for appreciating the concept and shepherding it through the initial editorial process, Andrea Drugan and Sarah Dancy for helping to manage the processes that followed, and Jean van Altena for editing the manuscript in a thoroughly professional and thoughtful manner.
Our greatest debt of gratitude is to the contributing essayists. In making commitments to support and own a vision for a more book. It was reassuring to receive this support for the enterprise from such extraordinary people, fascinating to see how each essayist responded to the challenge, and exhilarating to absorb the breadth of their contributions.
Last, not least, we are deeply in the debt of our wives, Judith Forst and Zeenat Ahmed, who have once more indulged us in a project of yet again utmost urgency. Our appreciation for their unwavering support, love, and patience cannot be adequately expressed or sufficiently compensated. They made possible the birth and nurturance of our children and, in turn, their children, to whom we dedicate this book – and to grandchildren every- where. We hope and intend that they will have the good judg- ment to steward humankind in a better direction than has our generation.